Join Meghna Chakrabarti (award-winning host and editor of WBUR’s “On Point”) and a talented group of Brookline residents for an engaging evening of heartwarming personal stories of resilience and transformation.
2025 Speakers
Lori Ehrlich
Lori is a CPA and public servant who served 8 terms as a Massachusetts State Representative and in 2022 was appointed to serve as the FEMA Regional Administrator for New England. Lori and her husband live in Brookline, where they co-parent the family dog with their daughters, who live nearby.
Anthony Flint
Anthony Flint is an author and journalist chronicling the many challenges cities face, from housing affordability to climate change. He is a senior fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and a correspondent for Bloomberg’s CityLab and The Boston Globe. He has been a Town Meeting member since being elected in 2021.
Shan W. Liu
Shan W. Liu is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is also a children’s book author.
Mark Ludwig
Mark Ludwig is the Executive Director and Founder of the Terezín Music Foundation, and a Boston Symphony Orchestra member emeritus who blends his musical career with social causes promoting tolerance and dialogue.
Maria Udalova
Maria Udalova is a senior at Brookline High School. Originally from Sochi, Russia, she lived in three countries before finally settling in Brookline. She is deeply passionate about art, the environment, and nuclear disarmament. Maria loves to read, visit museums, and connect with people.
LeRoy J. Watkins III
LeRoy Watkins is the CEO of Viking Sports, a leader in youth sports that partners with schools and organizations to deliver fun with purpose. LeRoy is also President of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, and is passionate about creating opportunities that have a lasting, positive impact.
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2024 Speakers
Meghna Chakrabarti (Host)
Meghna Chakrabarti is the award-winning host and editor of the nationally acclaimed public radio program “On Point,” and the former host of “Radio Boston,” WBUR’s weekday local news show.
Miranda Daniloff
Miranda Daniloff is a communications strategist and leader who helps organizations and individuals engage and communicate for impact.
Anita Diamant
Anita Diamant is an essayist, journalist, and novelist, best-known for “The Red Tent,” which has been published in more than 25 countries. She is the author of five novels and six guidebooks about contemporary Jewish life.
Rick Fredkin
Rick Fredkin started working professionally in the technology field at the age of twelve, with tech-focused startups as well as Fortune 500 companies. He is the founder of Eduporium, which delivers the latest technology to the K-12 school community.
Ann Guo
Ann Guo is a Moth GrandSLAM Champion and creator of the new podcast “Feeling Connected in a Disconnecting World.”
Michael Maso
Michael Maso retired last year after serving as the managing director of Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company for 41 years, producing over 250 plays, partnering with four artistic directors, building the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion, and preserving and renovating the Huntington Theatre.
Pablo Tejedor Meyers
Pablo Tejedor Meyers is a Brookline High School senior, a student athlete and a self-taught musician.
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Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline
